The Read: Booksellers' awards

The annual awards from the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association over the weekend had a distinctly San Diego flavor.

Don Winslow, who splits his time between Julian and Solana Beach, won the T. Jefferson Parker Book Award for Mystery for "Kings of Cool," his prequel to "Savages," which won the award in 2011. (The award is named after Fallbrook writer T. Jefferson Parker.)

Brian Selznick, who lives much of the year in La Jolla, won the award for best children's novel, for "Wonderstruck."

The booksellers association is a non-profit trade group for independent stores, wholesalers, publishers and other industry professionals. According to its website, booksellers choose the awards as a way to recognize "the incredible literary talent residing in Southern California."